[Tigers] Tiger on Bring a Trailer

[mcdangerous at verizon.net]

Any item is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it.  But I don't care what anyone tells me, everyone cares what their car is worth, or might be worth in the future, even if they have no intention of ever selling it.   


Aug 5, 2010 11:47:10 AM, Theo.Smit at dynastream.com wrote:

It's not about the money. You either need a Tiger, or you don't.

Having said that (in some jest, but that IS really what it's about), here are some opinions on the points you raised:

- The 'value' of Mk1's vs. Mk1A's is probably in the other direction, if you ask anyone that does have a preference. Mk1A's (and Mk2's) were built with more of an eye to production cost compared to Mk1's, which is why they don't have round corners and leaded seams.

- On the surface, $26k seems like a good deal for a clean, mostly-complete, running Tiger. There are probably a few things that need doing, and for the people that want them, the missing parts are going to cost some dough. If you go out to get a proper AC air cleaner and LAT70 wheels and new tires, then you'll be in for about $3k more.

- Restoration is not a money making venture, at least not for the car owner, unless they are also the body shop and can get wholesale rates for everything. Buying the best chassis you can afford is always the key. Since it costs the same to do bodywork and get trim parts for an Alpine or a Tiger, you have to love your Alpine about twice as much to justify doing it from a dollars point of view.

- As has been discussed, there are two kinds of Alpine V8 conversions. Those done by people who want Tiger performance without paying the premium to get a Tiger, and those done with intent to defraud a future buyer (which may or may not involve lifting the VIN plate and selected parts from a junked Tiger chassis). In either case, the cost of doing a complete body restoration with all new interior etc. can be far greater than the cost of the vehicle to start with especially if the car is very rough; however, a lot of people don't realize this at the outset and figure they can save a lot of money by starting with a chassis that cost them a few thousand less.

- Tiger values and future outlook? Cars aren't stocks.

Theo.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of mcdangerous at verizon.net
> Sent: August 5, 2010 9:54 AM
> To: clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com
> Cc: TIGERS at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger on Bring a Trailer
>
> Is the value of such a clean Mk1A Tiger really only $26k?  That would
> make it really hard to justify putting any money into Tigers to restore
> them, considering what it costs to buy one, even when it needs
> restoration?



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